The Employment Projections (EP) program develops information about the labor market for the Nation as a whole for 10 years in the future.

NOTICE The EP program is proposing a new method for measuring occupational separations that would replace the current method of measuring replacements needs. Information about the proposed change is available at www.bls.gov/emp/ep_separations.htm.

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Projections Central — State occupational projections developed by the labor market information section of State Employment Security Agencies. Employment projections are available for each State and the District of Columbia.

Occupational Information System (O*NETTM)—The O*NET program which is developed under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration, is a leading source of occupational information. Central to the project is the O*NET database, containing information on hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors. The database is continually updated by surveying a broad range of workers from each occupation. O*NET is the replacement for the U.S. Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT).